Each month Statistics Canada releases comprehensive data on the state of Canada’s labour markets. The Survey of Employment, Payroll and Hours is based on firm-level administrative payroll data. This is distinct from the Labour Force Survey, which is another important source of labour market information.
Displays the change in payroll employment and employment rates. First, since the start of Alberta’s recession. Then compares provinces.
Growth in employment, by sector.
## # A tibble: 2 x 2
## # Groups: GEO [2]
## GEO change
## <chr> <dbl>
## 1 Alberta 0.126
## 2 Canada 0.146
## Ref_Date type value
## 1 May 2020 Data 1256.020
## 2 May 2020 Fixed Hours/OT 1258.563
## 3 May 2020 Fixed Sectoral Emp. 1293.716
## 4 May 2020 National Wage Growth 1332.390
## Ref_Date type value
## 1 May 2020 Data 1256.020
## 2 May 2020 If Wage Growth\nMatched Canada's 1295.439
## # A tibble: 1 x 2
## GEO share
## <chr> <dbl>
## 1 Canada 0.949
Created by Trevor Tombe
ttombe@ucalgary.ca